COMMUNITY
Bald Eagle Restoration
The Vermont Bald Eagle Restoration Initiative, founded in 2004, is a collaborative effort to create a breeding bald eagle population in the Green Mountain State by raising and releasing eagle chicks in the Lake Champlain Valley. Through a federal appropriation secured by Sen. James Jeffords and the cooperative efforts of The National Wildlife Federation, the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, Outreach for Earth Stewardship, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Central Vermont Public Service, 26 fledglings have successfully been released since 2004. While the active process of releasing the birds is complete, the Vermont Bald Eagle Restoration Initiative continues to monitor the eagles' progress.